⋗ Across the Pond ⋖ [Inactive]

[lenalove21]

"It is super pretty here," Hadley said thoughtfully as she watched the city brew with life around her. She saw the cafe on 34th that Vincent had mentioned, and noticed the many customers buzzing in and around the area. It seemed to be pretty popular, and Hadley took this as a good sign. "Looks to me like Vincent might actually know what he's talking about for once. It even smells pretty good from here," Hadley mentioned.

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[WrittenHollowness]

"Well...they're gone." Eli shrugged. He'd been quiet the entire time, waiting for everyone to leave. "So, what do you wanna do?" He asked, poking Vincent in the stomach "Play Monopoly? Read Sylvia Plath? I hear it's not too depressing..." He laughed, turning for the door. "Come on, V. I need a cig." he said, heading for the stairs.

 

[Antlered punk]

He nodded getting up following him, digging through his pockets for his pack of Marlboro's. "I kinda wanna find a red phone box." he admitted climbing down the stairs, he had his contacts in so stairs were no problem. "Or find something iconic like that, or go to the park and see the squirrels." Vince was the biggest sucker for animals, especially small ones.

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[Sunasa]

.::NiKlaus Christian McMurdo::.

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Niklaus walked with the girls down the street to the very close cafe. All around him, it seemed like the city was opening up even more. And to be walking with two beautiful girls, this was a fantastic trip so far. He was starting to actually like that Eli had taken him along for the ride anyway. The culture of the people was wonderful too. Seeing a coffee shop nearby and a bookstore around every corner. It wracked his brain.


As they happened to walk upon the Cafe, he noticed a small patio where the people would come through, order their coffee, and then sit out there. Seemed to be a whole lot of students too, considering how they were on their laptops like crazy out there. He could smell the coffe and donuts very close and walked inside with the girls. Niklaus sniffed the air. The aroma of baked confections, coffee, and the gentle smell of wood pervaded into his nose. " You guys can go ahead and get what you want. I'm gonna text Eli and see if any of the other guests are up yet". Nilaus then took out his phone and typed a message to Eli. Are any of the others up yet? If they are do you mind checking to see what they want , while we are down here? thanks.

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[WrittenHollowness]

Eli felt his phone go off. He checked it and saw that Nik wanted to know what everyone else was doing. So, he replied in his usual manner.


Dollface, I'm not gonna do that. 1. I'm on a smoke break. and 2. Who appointed me Duchess of Watching Sleeping People. That's just weird. Much love


"So, what brought you on the trip?" he asked Vince as they reached the ground floor of the building. They took the front exit and went off toward the side. As they did, he lit his Marlboro Smooth from earlier, taking a deep drag.

 

[Sunasa]

.::NiKlaus Christian McMurdo::.

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Niklaus looked directly at the reply sent to his phone from Eli. Sigh. He thought as he literally sighed in real life. Niklaus knew that whenever Eli called him by his nickname, it was usually to tease him. But it seemed Eli was always teasing him. Not only was his friends teasing him though, he was also smoking without him. He put his phone away and walked up to the counter where the cashier was. "I'm gonna get a simple box of doughnuts and just one small coffee. Black please." As soon as he got his coffee, he took a sip. It burned a bit as it just came out of the brew but it was still wonderful. He could feel the shot coming into his system. wowza! He thought to himself.

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[Antlered punk]

Vince smiled a bit pocketing the branded lighter. "Emma and Alex were pushing me to go. Also I always wanted to visit here" he added blowing some smoke out from the corner of his lip. Afraid to say he wanted to be with Eli. No way he was going to be a big softy around him. Why do the people he's with gotta be good looking?


"What about you?"

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[izayoiix]

Emma smiled a bit tensely at the clerk. "I'll have a large coffee, extra cream and sugar please." she said before thinking. "Oh! And a blueberry muffin!" she said with a smile. She liked blueberry muffins. Handing over the correct amount of money, Emma went over by NiKlaus after accepting her purchase. Taking a sip, she sighed happily. "I'm in heaven. This is good..." she moaned.

 

[Sunasa]

.::NiKlaus Christian McMurdo::.

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Niklaus noticed Emma getting her coffee and standing beside him as they were both waiting for Hadley to get whatever she needed and then they could make their way back to the roomings. "I'm in heaven. This is good..." Niklaus heard from Emma. She seemed to be enjoying it here. It was a beautiful place. Sights to see, things to do. Everything seemed to be falling into place. "You like it here? It's gorgeous." Niklaus stated as he looked around the cafe and pointed to a street performer outside. He seemed to be playing drums on a small wastebasket and performed really well.

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[izayoiix]

Emma grinned, taking another sip of her coffee before nodding. "It's amazing here. Nothing like back home. Never would have thought I'd end up coming here." she said, setting her coffee down on the counter before unwrapping her muffin. She broke off a piece, popping into her mouth, grinning. "Muffins are good too." she said with a small laugh. "Want a piece?" she offered, tilting the muffin towards him, picking her coffee back up.

 

[Pusheen]

Conner Wesley woke to the vibration from under his pillow. His personal alarm clock was going off at the time he set it last night since he didn't expect anyone else to get up around this time. Conner reached his hand under his pillow and pulled out the vibrating device that was connected to the alarm clock and turned it off as he sat up in the bed. After resetting his alarm clock, Conner kicked his feet out of bed as he looked around the empty room. He was surprised to see his roommates already up but then again they were in London so everyone should be excited.


Conner walked down the hallway with a small bag in his hand, on his way to the bathroom, not seeing any of his friends but it wasn't like he was searching. He wondered where everyone was, though. Entering the bathroom, he shut the door behind him and stood in front of the sink as he looked in the mirror and tried to rub away the sleep from his blue eyes. Conner set the bag he had brought with him on the sink and unzipped it then pulled out a few things. One of those things being his hearing aid. Sure, he was deaf but the hearing aid always helped him a little. Although it wasn't much he could at least hear faint sounds such as his own voice which helped him speak better as he gotten used to it though it's obvious to many that he has some hearing problems.


After finishing up in the bathroom, Conner again roamed the hallways as he walked back to his room. Entering his assigned room, he walked over to his bedside and pulled out his bag from under his bed. He pulled out a few pieces of clothing and started undressing once satisfied with the outfit he picked out. Conner loved to wear dark colored clothing though blue and red together was always an exception. Once he was clothed he was wearing black skinny jeans with a regular pair of shoes and a skull cut out shirt that showed skin in the back, not the front. Conner pulled out his phone and started texting as he walked back and forth in his room.

To: Everyone


Thx 4 waking me up, guys. Where did u all go?




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He added a bit of sarcasm to his text but they all would know he was only joking. He would go out and try to find them but really what would be the effort for when you got cellphones. Again, Conner decided to go out into the hallway and roam around.

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[Lacuna]

Alex flopped back on her bed as everyone filed out of the room. "Losers." She said, laughing to herself. She probably should have gone with them to get food but she was just to excited to get out and see London. Rolling off the side of her bed she stepped over to the large window, propping herself up on the windowsill. Excitement was flowing through Alex, almost as if all the blood in her body was replaced by it. She could hear the opening and closing of door emanating from the hallway. "Hmph, maybe it's Conner." Sauntering over to the door Alex popped it open glancing down the hall. She spotted him, but of course, his back was to her. Yelling out would be as helpful as going to the grocery store without money. Running down the hall, she slid past him and faced him. "Hey!" She flashed him a big toothy smile.


(( sorry guys, didn't realized people had posted ))

 

[lenalove21]

After ordering a latte and a croissant, Hadley joined NiKlaus and Emma with a smile. She took a sip of her drink and tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. "Who knew British coffee could be so delicious, even though they're kind of famous for their tea," Hadley remarked as she bit into her croissant. She lit up at the sight of chocolate oozing from the center. Even the croissants are full of surprises.

 

[Sunasa]

.::NiKlaus Christian McMurdo::.

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Niklaus was already loving the place more than he thought he would and with everyone having what they ordered and with their coffee, he was out the door. Ready to take the doughnuts to the other members of the group. As he passed by, Niklaus had made sure to watch the street performer he had seen just a moment ago tapping on his drums. He almost felt inspired. As soon as they made it back to the roomings Niklaus looked to the girls still in their rooms. "Doughnuts are here!" He exclaimed and then set them down on one of their beds.

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[izayoiix]

Emma snickered slightly, as she followed NiKlaus into the room. "Yeah, he was the only one nice enough to get something for everyone. Hadley and I just got food and coffee for ourselves. We don't love you guys." she announced jokingly. Taking another sip from her coffee, Emma went and plopped down onto Alex's bed. "They had good muffins." she said with a sad sigh, wishing she had more of her muffin.

 

[WrittenHollowness]

Eli felt the phone go off twice.


One text was from Nik. Sigh. Eli ignored it. He was the one who got Nik to get his ass on the plane. And right now, he probably enjoying all the side-boob attention he was getting right now. "He needs to take that enormous scone out of his ass." he mumbled to himself.


Then there was a text from Connor, his roommate. Downstairs, hurry up. Smoking he sent back at him. Connor was the dude! They had a real good time on the shuttle to the hotel. It was pretty obvious that this guy would be the life of the trip, and Eli would be happy to chill with him anywhere.

 

[lenalove21]

"Yeah, you did surprisingly well, Vince," Hadley agreed with Emma. "And it's true, we kind of fended for ourselves. I'm tempted to eat a doughnut, actually," she added, eyeing the box of doughnuts NiKlaus had brought back for the rest of the crew. Hadley grinned over at Emma as she sat on the floor by Alex's bed. She finished her coffee and tossed the empty cup into a little trash can a few feet from her.

 

[Lacuna]

Alex spotted NiKlaus walking towards her room, followed by Emma and Hadley. "We're all eating in my room and then having a small meeting. Join us if you aren't busy." Alex said making sure she stayed facing Conner so he could read her lips. Giving another one of her famous half smiles, she bounded down the hall to her room. "Hey losers, you brought back food for me right?" Alex gestured at the box doughnuts on her bed. Doughnuts were Alex's biggest weakness, as much as she tries to eat healthy, she will always break for a doughnut.

 

[izayoiix]

Emma smirked, raising a brow. "We didn't. Niklaus was nice enough though." she told her. "The coffee's really good!" she grinned. Emma was fairly amazed. The coffee was helping, sure, but she was wide awake during the morning! She was fairly sure it was a miracle.

 

[Pusheen]

Conner was a little surprised when Alex popped out of no where with a big toothy grin upon her face. He just gave a light nod as a 'hello' but before he knew it the girl was already talking again. He understood what she was saying and smiled back at her as she went on her way to her room. Alex was a sweet and hyperactive girl which Conner loved about her. Crazy people were the best kind of people as he always said. Noticing the vibration coming from his back pocket, Conner took out his cellphone and read the text that had been sent to him by Eli, one of his roommates. When it came to either eating or smoking in the morning, Conner choose the latter. Besides he wasn't all that hungry and breakfast wasn't really something he ate often. With the thought in mind, Conner slipped his phone back into his back pocket and wandered down the halls to the stairs to go out for a quick smoke.





Once stepping outside, Conner smiled at both Eli and Vince as a 'hello'. He pulled out a Camel pack from his front pocket and pulled out a cigarette as he walked over to the two standing outside. Conner placed the cigarette between his lips as he searched through his pockets fro his lighter. After checking his pockets, once again, he noticed that his lighter was in his bag in his room. "Got a lighter Eli?" He asked as he leaned against the wall of the building they were all standing outside of. "The others are back." He added quickly after looking around the streets. Though he spoke vaguely he assumed they both would know he was talking about their other friends who went out to get coffee and doughnuts. In unfamiliar places, Conner hated talking more than he had to.

 

[Sunasa]

.::NiKlaus Christian McMurdo::.

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"Yea. I hope you guys are hungry. There's plenty to go around." And there was. Certainly enough for all who came along. Niklaus wondered what next. Even though most of the boys were out having a smoke. He looked to Alex. Our plan organizer. "So what are we gonna do next? There's gotta be a tour or something around here" Niklaus then looked to the others to see what they thought about going out soon. He was certainly ready. He then grabbed himself a doughnut as he downed the rest of his coffee. Gorgeous. He had picked a glazed doughnut with a kick of flavor in the middle.

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[Lacuna]

Snatching up a doughnut Alex pondered on NiKlaus' question. Her eye's scanned the room, "There have got to be some information packets here." Nibbling on the sweet doughnut she spotted a small stack of brochures lying on the coffee table. She flipped open the top brochure, scanning the pages over for useful information. "It says that there are tours on the double decker buses...Uhm...there is Abbe Road, the London Eye." Alex's eye widened to the size of saucers as she read the next page. "Platform 9 3/4?!" Just like that Alex felt her cheeks getting hot as her inner nerd started coming out. Quickly composing herself she turned to face everyone. "Anything you guys want to see?"

 

[izayoiix]

Emma chuckled, watching Alex. She thought about things that she wanted to see before shrugging. "London Eye I do want to see, but other than that, nothing major." she said, grabbing a different brochure and flipping through it. "Yeah, a lot of stuff sounds cool, but I'm fine with seeing whatever you guys want to."

 

[WrittenHollowness]

Eli tossed his lighter over to Connor with a smile that lit up all the corners of his face. "I better get it back," he added, "I don't like unlit cigarettes. He then kicked up some dirt and took another drag. He wished Nik was down here, but he was probably haveing a grade A time with all those girls.


"Dude needs to get laid." Eli mumbled to himself.


Changing the subject in his mind, Conner looked good this morning. Really good. Eli liked good boys, as friends. But every past relationship he's had included a guy who was a bad boy in every sense of the term. He hoped Connor could party hard like he did... because Eli wasn't done with him just yet.

 

[Antlered punk]

Vince nodded at Conner as a silent greeting. They had a good discussion at the layover at the airport. The sun was poking out of the clouds and shining right on them. Vince was standing next to attractive men and here he was in the middle. The time lapse made the morning feel like hell still. He took another drag flicking the ash.


"The sun's finally coming out" he commented squinting at the suns rays.